i. | Geographical area | Aegean Islands |
ii. | Region | Kos |
iii. | Site | Kos |
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CAPInv. 1949: thiasitai
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
i. | Full name (original language) | θιασῖται (IG XII.4 3250) |
ii. | Full name (transliterated) | thiasitai |
III. DATE
i. | Date(s) | ii BC |
V. SOURCES
i. | Source(s) | IG XII.4 3250 (2nd c. BC) |
Online Resources | ASAA 41/42, 182 no. 24 | |
i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Funerary inscription. Greek. |
i.c. | Physical format(s) | Cylindrical altar with boucrania and garlands. |
ii. | Source(s) provenance | Necropolis of the deme of Isthmos (rebuilt in the church of Aghios Georgios) |
VII. ORGANIZATION
iii. | Members | θιασῖται, thiasitai (l. 1) |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
ii. | Gender | Men |
Note | Aristion son of Aristogenes, the recipient of the funerary dedication, was probably a member of the group. |
X. ACTIVITIES
iv. | Honours/Other activities | The thiasitai set up a funerary monument for Aristion son of Aristogenes. |
XIII. EVALUATION
i. | Private association | Possible |
Note | The term thiasitai points toward a collectivity whose activities and permanent nature, however, escape us. |